Mesobuthus, Vachon, 1950

Fet, Victor, Kovařík, František, Gantenbein, Benjamin, Kaiser, Ronald C., Stewart, Alexander K. & Graham, Matthew R., 2018, Revision of the Mesobuthus caucasicus complex from Central Asia with descriptions of six new species (Scorpiones Buthidae), Euscorpius 255, pp. 1-77 : 53

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Mesobuthus View in CoL “ caucasicus ” przewalskii (Birula,

1897)

Buthus caucasicus przewalskii Birula, 1897: 387 .

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. China: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Lobnor Lake and Cherchen Oasis , ZISP 545 View Materials (111).

REFERENCES (selected); see Fet (1989) and Fet & Lowe (2000) for full list before 1998:

Buthus caucasicus przewalskii: Birula, 1917: 71 .

Buthus caucasius przewalskii: Birula, 1904a: 24 .

Mesobuthus caucasicus przewalskii: Vachon, 1958: 15 0; Fet, 1989: 111; Sun & Zhu, 2010: 4, figs. 3, 14–16; Sun & Sun, 2011: 60, figs. 1, 2, 10.

Olivierus caucasicus przewalskii: Fet & Lowe View in CoL , 20 00: 192.

DISTRIBUTION. China, Mongolia,? Uzbekistan,? Tajikistan.

TYPE MATERIAL. Syntypes: 5 specimens, China: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Lobnor Lake and Cherchen Oasis , ZISP 545 View Materials (111) (not examined) .

NOTES.

1. We did not examine any material from these populations. This taxon, which probably deserves species status, currently remains an unassigned “subspecies of M. caucasicus ”.

2. Birula (1904b) listed under this subspecies also some specimens from Uzbekistan and Tajikistan ( ZISP); their identity has not been revised. See Fet (1989) for the full list of labels.